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Level -> Persecuted in Iran (8/28/2006 12:10:29 PM)
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Persecuted Iranian Rights Defender Gets International Support
Haider Rizvi, OneWorld USWed Aug 16, 11:03 PM ET
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (OneWorld) - Rights advocacy groups here are calling for the United Nations to support human rights defenders in Iran.
Last week, Iranian authorities threatened to close the Center for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) in Tehran, saying that it was an illegal organization.
The Tehran-based group was co-founded by the leading rights activist and Nobel peace laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi some four years ago.
Officials said Ebadi and others could be tried in the court of law because they ran the Center without obtaining a "proper permit" from the government.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20060817/wl_oneworld/45361378771155787415
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